The 88-year-old Hall of Famer wasn’t bothered, though, as he shed his jacket and strolled out to midfield in his golf shirt for the coin toss, where he served as Minnesota’s honorary captain. The crowd was never louder than when he was introduced, and he waved to them as he made the walk onto the field.

“It was like sitting in a freezer, honestly,” said Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman, who added that his contact lenses started to freeze during warmups.

But for Grant, he’d rather take the cold.

“Being hot is worse because if you play in Miami or Tampa or Texas in the hot weather, when a player becomes dehydrated, you can’t hydrate them enough to get them back in the ballgame,” he told the Star-Tribune.